Dope Laws Urged at First Public Dope Meeting
Dope laws were urged as hot guns fired by the American White Cross newly organized to fight narcotics. Resolutions petition Congress and the State legislature to enact stringent laws against manufacture exportation and sale of dope were passed at the first public meeting in Justice of Peace Otis W Brinker’s court. The group urged making drug peddling a felony with penalties in the penitentiary, and a committee including Inspector Hans Damm was appointed to draft the laws.
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American White Cross
Congress
Justice of Peace
Otis W. Brinker
Chester A. H Batchelor
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Hans Damm
Lhe Narcotic Squad
W H. Bliss
Tate
J. T.hunt
M. PF. Backus
The
National of Commerce
J. A. Swalwell
Leonore C. Whorf
Hilda Anderson
Norman E. Coles
Damm
Wall Street rise via on-the-job learning advice
Helen Kenney Holmes says start at the bottom and learn every step of the business as you go. She credits the approach with becoming one of the highest paid women in New York City’s financial district.
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Helen Kenney Holmes
Wall Street
New York
Rescued Mariners Probe Captain Murray's God Tale
In Sendai area Japan a Japanese Baptist minister conducts services about Captain Murray's God after a group of fishermen were rescued by the American steamer Pawlet and treated in Seattle. The tale sparked curiosity and a new mission to a small village.
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Tokyo
Japan
Murray
Shobuta
Sendai
Shiogama
Sampan
Villag
Seattle
Local man denies hootch in basement as bottle found
Dec. 9 Toledo scene reports John Dink denying knowledge after a gallon of liquor was found in his cellar. A second person’s suspicion about safety prompted the discovery and a brief police nod.
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Toledo
John Dink
Cope
John
Tanlac credited with restoring health and weight gain
Mrs Ida Hamburgh of Brattleboro Vermont reports rapid weight gain from 117 to 144 pounds and improved health after two years of indigestion and weakness. She says Tanlac cured her heart palpitations headaches back pain and sleeplessness and recommends the medicine to friends. Sold in Seattle by Bartell Drug Stores via a Tanlac representative.
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Ida Hamburgh
Brattleboro, VI
Tanlac
Taniac
Main Street
Brattleboro
Vermont
Seattle
Bartell Drug Stores
Dioa
Pardoned Sing Sing lifer aims for Seattle marriage plot
OSSINING N Y December 8 After 15 years of a life sentence in Sing Sing prison Hellotrope Harry, an underworld figure, is pardoned and heads to Seattle to thwart his wife Mollie Hasdock veiled blackmail scheme against a wealthy banker and his daughter. A former gangster accompanies him as they plan to stop the plan before the daughter’s marriage. The tale is depicted in the Paramount picture Hellotrope at the Strand theatre next Saturday.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Harry
Seattle
Washington
Intento
Mollie Hasdock
Hasdock
Paramount Picture
Strand Theatre
Hotel Call Mixup Delays Friend in Town Visit
A hotel guest tried to ring a friend to say he was in town. The friend reported the line busy and promised a callback. She then phoned him 19 hours later to confirm if he still wanted the number.
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Central
Sttill
Lost for 28 Years, Man Returns Home
Harry Morris, 33, reunited with his Brooklyn mother after 28 years apart. He vanished at age five while in the care of the Children's Aid Society and was sent West, with his whereabouts unknown until now.
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New York
Harry Morris
Brooklyn
Children's Aid Society
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